State comparison · 2025
Database Administrators salary: Maryland vs Utah
Database Administrators in Utah earn a median of $135,750. In Maryland, $124,300. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.8% — not 8.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.4%
Maryland vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
-13.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Database Administrators
- Median
- $124,300
- p25
- $101,060
- p75
- $151,050
- p10
- $73,650
- p90
- $172,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -64%
Utah
Database Administrators
- Median
- $135,750
- p25
- $100,860
- p75
- $135,750
- p10
- $75,450
- p90
- $149,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +18%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.